CN102548468A - Method and apparatus for measuring and presenting eating rate - Google Patents

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CN102548468A
CN102548468A CN2010800432946A CN201080043294A CN102548468A CN 102548468 A CN102548468 A CN 102548468A CN 2010800432946 A CN2010800432946 A CN 2010800432946A CN 201080043294 A CN201080043294 A CN 201080043294A CN 102548468 A CN102548468 A CN 102548468A
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The invention regards a medical apparatus made up of at least two devices (30, 32) adapted to measure eating rate utilized to teach persons to eat according to a predetermined graphic eating curve (10, 24) displayed on a screen, and a method therefore. There are means in a memory automatically calculating equations for predetermined eating curves (10, 24) based on data obtained from a cumulative food intake in a control meal through an introductory curve followed by training curves. The cumulative food intake is fitted to a quadratic equation y=ax2+bx+c, where the parameter y represents food intake, and represents a change in the slope of the curve over time x, b represents a constant slope of the curve over time, the initial rate of eating, and c represents food intake at the start of a meal, whereby the introductory curve has the same properties as the cumulative food intake obtained in a control meal.

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Be used to measure and appear the method and apparatus of eating speed
Technical field
The present invention relates to the medical treatment device that is made up of at least two equipment that are suitable for measuring eating speed, this medical treatment device is used for instructing people to take food according to the predetermined diagram feed curve that is presented on the screen, and method thus.
Background technology
The application neuroendocrinology department of Stockholm, SWE and
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Clinic, Karolinska Institutet have developed the device of a kind of
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by name.This device is made up of the weighing scale that is connected to computer (scale).Dish (plate) places on the weighing scale, the measure portion of the food that the patient will be confirmed by the Therapist place dish go up and computer recording and store patient feed hour indicator on the loss in weight.
This has produced the curve of the eating speed during the meals, and this curve is being visible to the patient on the computer screen and can comparing with the predefined feed curve on the screen.At regular interval, rating scale is presented on the monitor of computer and the patient evaluates the feeling of repletion/satiety level of s/he.This scale has the numerical value of 0 (no satiety) to 100 (maximum satieties).When the patient evaluated their satiety, point was presented on the screen and produces the progress curve of satiety (feeling of repletion).Thereby the patient can compare their development of feeling of repletion with " normal (normal) " the feeling of repletion curve that preestablishes once more on screen.During "
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-training ", the patient gradually adopts the pattern of taking food more normally and satiety through following at the training curve that is presented at during the meals on the monitor.These methods of initial development are to be used to treat eating disorder, such as nervous anorexia and bulimia nervosa: according at random controlled test assessment these methods, and the remission rate of estimating is 75%.Proposed before many years; Most of obese peoples are with high continuous speed feed; And in the pilot scale research that fat teenager is carried out, use and confirmed this observed result.
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patents in several countries; As in the U.S., people's such as Bergh patent US5817006 number.
Summary of the invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of medical treatment device of measuring eating speed; This medical treatment device is used to instruct people to take food with normal eating speed; So that help them very full at picked-up meals aftersensation, and weight increase or reduce body weight in controlled scientific environment also.Up-to-date scientific research shows that the eating speed of reduction prevents people's overeat through taking food with correct mode, and this has clinical meaning concerning the overweight people reduces body weight.
Thereby, the present invention proposes a kind of medical treatment device that constitutes by at least two equipment that are suitable for measuring eating speed, this medical treatment device is used for instructing people to take food according to the predetermined diagram feed curve that is presented on the screen.Thus, the present invention includes:
Equipment with screen, its diagram that will be scheduled to feed profile memory in memorizer, this first equipment have with the long-range near-field thermal radiation ability of the second relevant devices communicating and line ability at least a;
The second relevant equipment weighing scale is suitable for and first devices communicating, has at least a in long-range near-field thermal radiation communication capacity and the line communication capacity of first equipment that is suitable for;
During the time span of measuring; Weigh on the weighing scale food and when the people of feed food when weighing scale takes off food; Through communication capacity the weight of food is sent to first equipment; And through being present in the software tool in memorizer in first equipment, when when weighing scale takes off food, the amount of the food that takes off during software tool section memory time; And the weight of the food that takes off is presented on the screen with measurement point, to constitute the real-time diagram feed curve that will compare with predetermined feed curve; And also comprise:
The instrument of the feed curve's equation that the automatic calculating in the memorizer is predetermined; This calculating is based on through guiding curve; Be the data that the accumulation food intake of training curve from the control meals obtained then, accumulate food intake thus and fitted to quadratic equation y=ax 2+ bx+c; Wherein parameter y representes food intake; A representes the slope of curve over time, and b representes constant profile slope in time, promptly initial eating speed; And the food intake of c when representing that meals begin, guiding curve has identical character with the accumulation food intake that in the control meals, obtains thus.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention; The equation of each training curve is based on the feed style the by<reduction that-1 a characterizes; Or the equation of a type that characterizes by a of 0 >=a in the equation>-1; Normal thus initial eating speed constitutes 48g/ minute, and food intake is that 320-360 gram and normal meals persistent period are 12-15 minute normally, thereby the pseudo-code of eating speed is made up of following:
y=ax 2+bx+c
If food intake=y>720, so 600, otherwise y-70
Initial eating speed=b-(1/4 (b-48))
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Another embodiment comprises that the weighing scale and first equipment are integrated in the individual equipment.
Other embodiment comprises that weighing scale has its weighing scale surface measurements that forms bowl or dish so that food is placed on it.
It is that pocket is portable that also other embodiment provides weighing scale.
Another embodiment provides predetermined diagramatic curve to describe nonlinear feed behavior, and nonlinear feed behavior is found to help human feed behavior with simulation through scientific research.
Another embodiment comprises that predetermined diagramatic curve described the linear speed of feed behavior.
Still other embodiment provides the predetermined diagramatic curve of satiety to be displayed on the screen, so that the satiety grade of during preset interval, on screen, making with people by the equipment of use compares.
In addition, the present invention proposes a kind of method that is suitable for medical treatment device, and medical treatment device is made up of two equipment that are suitable for measuring eating speed at least, and medical treatment device is used for instructing people to take food according to the predetermined diagram feed curve that is presented on the screen.Thereby method of the present invention comprises:
With predetermined diagram feed profile memory in the memorizer of equipment with screen, first equipment have with the long-range near-field thermal radiation ability of the second relevant devices communicating and line ability at least a;
Weighing scale is suitable for through relevant second equipment and first devices communicating, and the second relevant equipment has at least a in long-range near-field thermal radiation communication capacity and the line communication capacity of first equipment that is suitable for;
During the time span of measuring; Weigh on the weighing scale food and when the people of feed food when weighing scale takes off food; Through communication capacity the weight of food is sent to first equipment; And through being present in the software tool in memorizer in first equipment, when when weighing scale takes off food, the amount of the food that takes off during software tool section memory time; The weight of the food that takes off is presented on the screen with measurement point, to constitute the real-time diagram feed curve that will compare with predetermined feed curve; And also comprise:
Come to calculate automatically predetermined feed curve's equation through the instrument in the memorizer; This calculating is based on through guiding curve; Be the data that the accumulation food intake of training curve from the control meals obtained then, accumulate food intake thus and fitted to quadratic equation y=ax 2+ bx+c; Wherein parameter y representes food intake; A representes the slope of curve over time, and b representes constant profile slope in time, promptly initial eating speed; And the food intake of c when representing that meals begin, guiding curve has identical character with the accumulation food intake that in the control meals, obtains thus.
Method of the present invention also relates to the dependent claims of appended said apparatus.
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In order to understand the present invention and its embodiment and the embodiment that provides better, hereinafter in appended description text with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 has explained the figure of linear feed behavior;
Fig. 2 has explained the figure of the feed behavior that reduces; With
Fig. 3 has schematically explained the embodiment that has the device of the celluler radio ability that contacts with weighing scale through near-field thermal radiation communication according to of the present invention.
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The present invention relates to medical measuring device; It is made up of first equipment, first equipment such as mobile phone, PDA, computer, PC, kneetop computer, robot (android) and similar equipment.Second equipment is the form of weighing scale, is used for measuring each part at the food of being eaten up by the people during the meals that is placed on dish or bowl or analog on the weighing scale.This device is used to instruct the people who suffers from nervous anorexia, bulimia nervosa, obesity, other gastrointestinal problems and wants to control they keep its stature to the picked-up of food people.
Use
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(prior art) to carry out research in the Bristol of Britain Royal children's hospital about child and teenager obesity; is the application neuroendocrinology department and
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Clinic of Stockholm, SWE, Karolinska Institutet exploitation.It is made up of the weighing scale that is connected to computer.Dish places on the weighing scale; The measure portion of the food that the patient will be confirmed by the Therapist place dish go up and computer recording and store patient feed hour indicator on the loss in weight.
This has produced the curve of the eating speed during patient's meals, and this curve is being visible to the patient on the computer screen and can comparing with the predefined feed curve on the screen.At regular interval, rating scale is presented on the monitor of computer and the patient evaluates the feeling of repletion/satiety level of s/he.This scale for example has 0 (no satiety) to the numerical value of 100 (maximum satieties).When the patient evaluated their satiety, point was presented on the screen and produces the progress curve of satiety (feeling of repletion).Thereby the patient can compare their development of feeling of repletion with " normally " feeling of repletion curve of preestablishing on screen once more.During "
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-training ", the patient gradually adopts the pattern of taking food more normally and satiety through following at the training curve that is presented at during the meals on the monitor.These methods of initial development are to be used to treat eating disorder, such as nervous anorexia and bulimia nervosa.
This research has provided the result that further possibly improve; Curve can have the shape of slowing down to that promptly is used to practise taking food, because this pattern can be avoided individual overeat.As what use among this paper, to the analysis of average eating speed ignored during the meals minute to minute variation, this can explain and not exist remarkable influence on the statistics of the simplified measurement of this eating speed.
Receive on March 18th, 2008; Provided in the following scientific paper of accepting in the revised edition that received on October 2nd, 2008 and on October 9th, 2008 " Per
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a; by Elsevier, Physiology announces for Decelerated and linear eaters:Effect of eating rate on food intake and satiety (reduction advance the trencherman with linearity: eating speed is to the influence of food intake and satiety); Modjtaba Zandian a; loannis Ioakimidis a; Cecilia Bergh a; Ulf Brodin a, b " the discovery result who reduces feed carried out further science test and analysis:
A) Karolinska Institutet uses neuroendocrinology department, NVS and Mandometer and Mandolean Clinics, AB Mando, Novum, S-14157Huddinge, Sweden
B) Karolinska Institutet, LIME, medicostatistics department, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
The paper of another piece announcement is to receive on July 4th, 2008; The revised edition that received on November 14th, 2008 and on November 25th, 2008 accept " Linear eaters turned decelerated:Reduction of risk for disordered eating? (linearity is advanced the trencherman and is transformed into reduction: the reduction of morbid stateization feed risk) "; Modjtaba Zandian; Ioannis Ioakimidis; Cecilia Bergh; Per
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is by Elsevier, and Physiology & Behavior announces.
Therefore, with a case description in many possible devices be used to reduce the embodiment of the device of eating speed scientific discovery.Should be understood that the equation that uses among the present invention also can be fitted to the linearity feed/linear feed behavior of non-decline, such as what describe through Fig. 1.
In Fig. 1; Explained the figure of linear feed, this figure is to use
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measurement device or device of the present invention to measure the existing standard of eating speed and satiety.Thus, described predetermined linear eating speed curve 10 and from the real-time feed curve 12 of the reality of people's record of using measurement device.Curve 12 is matched line linearity curve 10 as much as possible, and obtaining acceptable normal eating speed, this people that can help to take food comes weight increase or reduces body weight according to individual's physical qualification.
Point 14 has shown how the people of feed evaluates satiety during preset time section/interval, if these point 14 usefulness lines connect, this has constituted the people's of explaination feed the curve of satiety/feeling of repletion own so.In addition, Fig. 1 has described predetermined sigmoid curve 16, and it has simulated the normal satiety grade that the satiety grade 14 that will make with the people by feed compares.Button 18 is touch buttons, browses between the different meals that are used in the equipment that has cellular capacity according to embodiments of the present invention, being stored.Fig. 1 has also shown information button 20, if for example push information button 20, has then shown the quantity of food and the persistent period of this section period of during a period of time, being eaten up.The icon that has also shown the battery charge 22 of cell phone apparatus.
Fig. 2 has explained similar curve and image pattern 1 that kind works, and has shown the eating speed according to nearest scientific research result's reduction but difference is curve 24, and this has simulated people's average eating speed better.
Fig. 3 has schematically described according to the embodiment in many possible devices of the present invention through the mobile phone 30 that comprises the display screen with any known structure, and known structure is such as having conventional keyboard or touch screen.In addition, device comprises the weighing scale 32 that preferably has little pocket-sized.Fig. 3 has also shown the dish or the bowl 34 of the food when being used to place the people takes food.Cell phone apparatus 30 and weighing scale 32 be each other through being communicated by letter by the near-field thermal radiation of double-head arrow schematic description, near-field thermal radiation such as, like bluetooth or infrared (IR) or analog.
Communicating by letter between weighing scale and the cell phone apparatus 30 be transmitted in the feed at interval from coil 34 taken off the food of people's feed amount and the data of eating speed.The people has also evaluated the satiety 14 in the preset time interval on the cell phone apparatus screen.Thereby; Shown curve, made to change its eating speed and/or relatively its satiety and the curve that shows satiety 16 with the curve 10,24 that is fit to predetermined eating speed from the people of coiling 34 feeds according to the eating speed of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 12 and satiety 14.
In addition, software tool is used for through first equipment, 30 mobile phone capacity the time period of being stored being sent to the remote server 40 that is connected with terminal 42 so that register the curve of eating speed 12.Because the real-time graphic of previous registration feed curve; Instrument in the server 40 can be sent to first equipment 30 with the change instruction of the relevant predetermined diagram feed curve 10,24 that will use from the arbitrary geographic position, so that change the people's of the use system and device of the present invention feed behavior of being registered.
Mobile phone 30 and the server with terminal 32 40 communicate through known technology, and known technology is like the base station transceiver equipment (BST) 44 via base station controller (BSC) 46 and mobile service switch 48.Described communicating by letter between equipment 40,42,44,46,48 and the mobile phone with weighing scale 32 30 through two sharp arrows among Fig. 3.
Using the individual of apparatus of the present invention can be the people who needs medical treatment and nursing immediately in the most serious situation; Thereby hypothesis uses the individual's of this device position to pass through in one embodiment, as the global positioning system (GPS) that is present in the mobile phone 30 is followed the trail of.The another kind of probability of following the trail of the individual can realize that through the signalling system that uses mobile phone 30 the signalling system comprises the wireless mobile location data in the call signal.The wireless mobile location data password points to the real-time geographic position of mobile phone 30, and in most of situations, goes back the position of the user of locating cellphone 30.
Therefore; Fig. 3 has presented possible embodiment of the present invention; Medical treatment device is made up of two equipment 30,32 that are suitable for measuring eating speed 12 at least, and said medical treatment device is used for instructing people to take food according to the predetermined diagram feed curve 10,24 that is presented on the screen.Thus, device comprises the equipment 30 with screen, and the diagram feed curve 10,24 that equipment 30 will be scheduled to is stored in the memorizer.First equipment 30 have with the long-range near-field thermal radiation ability of relevant second equipment 32 communications and line ability at least a.When first equipment for example is kneetop computer or other known computers, can use wiring connector, like USB, VGA or other known adapters.
Relevant second equipment, 32 weighing scales are suitable for communicating by letter with first equipment 30, and have at least a in long-range near-field thermal radiation communication capacity and the line communication capacity of first equipment 30 that is suitable for.During the time span of measuring, on the weighing scale 32 food weighed and when the people of the food of taking food when weighing scale takes off food, through communication capacity the weight of food is sent to first equipment 30.This realizes through the software tool in memorizer that is present in first equipment 30; When weighing scale takes off food; The amount of the food that takes off during software tool section memory time; And this has shown the amount of the food that takes off with measurement point on screen, to constitute the real-time diagram feed curve 12 that will compare with predetermined feed curve 10,24.
In addition, the present invention includes the instrument of the equation of the predetermined feed curve 10,24 of automatic calculating in the memorizer, like software tool, this calculating is based on through guiding curve, is the data that the accumulation food intake of training curve from the control meals obtained then.The accumulation food intake is fitted to quadratic equation y=ax 2+ bx+c; Wherein parameter y representes food intake; A representes the slope of curve with the change of time of being represented by parameter x, and b representes constant profile slope in time, promptly initial eating speed; And the food intake of c when representing that meals begin, guiding curve has identical character with the accumulation food intake that in the control meals, obtains thus.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention; The equation of each training curve is based on the feed style the by<reduction that-1 a characterizes; Or the equation of a type that characterizes by a of 0 >=a in the equation>-1; Normal thus initial eating speed constitutes 48g/ minute, and food intake is that 320-360 gram and normal meals persistent period are 12-15 minute normally, thereby the pseudo-code of eating speed is made up of following:
y=ax 2+bx+c
If food intake=y>720, so 600, otherwise y-70
Initial eating speed=b-(1/4 (b-48))
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This depends on the speed of a.
Another embodiment comprises that the weighing scale and first equipment are integrated in the individual equipment.Other embodiment comprises that weighing scale has its weighing scale surface measurements that forms bowl or dish so that food is placed on it.
It is that pocket is portable that also other embodiment provides weighing scale.An embodiment provides predetermined diagramatic curve to describe nonlinear feed behavior, and nonlinear feed behavior is found to help human feed behavior with simulation through scientific research.
Another embodiment comprises that predetermined diagramatic curve described the linear speed of feed behavior.Still other embodiment provides the predetermined diagramatic curve of satiety to be displayed on the screen, so that the satiety grade of during preset interval, on screen, making with people by the equipment of use compares.
In addition, the present invention includes a kind of method that is suitable for medical treatment device, medical treatment device is made up of two equipment that are suitable for measuring eating speed at least, and medical treatment device is used for instructing people to take food according to the predetermined diagram feed curve that is presented on the screen.Method of the present invention thereby comprise predetermined diagram feed profile memory in the memorizer of equipment, first equipment with screen have with the long-range near-field thermal radiation ability of the second relevant devices communicating and line ability at least a.Weighing scale is suitable for through relevant second equipment and first devices communicating, and second equipment has at least a in long-range near-field thermal radiation communication capacity and the line communication capacity of first equipment that is suitable for.During the time span of measuring, weigh on the weighing scale food and when the people of the food of taking food when weighing scale takes off food, through communication capacity the weight of food is sent to first equipment.This realizes through the software tool that is present in the memorizer in first equipment; When weighing scale takes off food; Software tool is stored in the amount of the food that takes off during the time period; And the weight of the food that takes off is presented on the screen with measurement point, to constitute the real-time diagram feed curve that will compare with predetermined feed curve.
In addition, method of the present invention comprises through the instrument in the memorizer to calculate automatically predetermined feed curve's equation, and this calculating is based on through guiding curve, is the data that the accumulation food intake of training curve from the control meals obtained then.The accumulation food intake is fitted to quadratic equation y=ax 2+ bx+c; Wherein parameter y representes food intake; A representes the slope of curve variation of x in time, and b representes constant profile slope in time, promptly initial eating speed; And the food intake of c when representing that meals begin, guiding curve has identical character with the accumulation food intake that in the control meals, obtains thus.
Embodiment that provides above the present invention is not limited to and given embodiment.Those skilled in the art can release possible embodiment in addition through appended claim group.

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1. medical treatment device; Constitute by at least two equipment that are suitable for measuring eating speed (12) (30,32); Said medical treatment device is used for instructing people to take food according to the predetermined diagram feed curve (10,24) that is presented on the screen, it is characterized in that said medical treatment device comprises:
Equipment (30); It has screen; Said equipment (30) is stored in said predetermined diagram feed curve (10,24) in the memorizer, and said first equipment (30) has at least a in the long-range near-field thermal radiation ability of communicating by letter with relevant second equipment (32) and the line ability;
Said relevant second equipment (32) weighing scale, it is suitable for communicating by letter with said first equipment (30), and said relevant second equipment (32) weighing scale has at least a in the long-range near-field thermal radiation communication capacity that is suitable for said first equipment (30) and the line communication capacity;
During the time span of measuring; Weigh on the said weighing scale (32) food and when the people of feed food when said weighing scale takes off food; Through said communication capacity the weight of said food is sent to said first equipment (30); And through being present in the software tool in said memorizer in said first equipment (30), when when said weighing scale takes off food, the amount of the food that takes off during said software tool section memory time; And the weight of the food that takes off is presented on the said screen with measurement point, to constitute the real-time diagram feed curve (12) that will compare with said predetermined feed curve (10,24); And also comprise:
The instrument of the equation of the feed curve (10,24) that the automatic calculating in the said memorizer is predetermined; This calculating is based on through guiding curve; Be the data that the accumulation food intake of training curve from the control meals obtained then, accumulate food intake thus and fitted to quadratic equation y=ax 2+ bx+c; Wherein parameter y representes food intake; A representes the slope of curve variation of x in time, and b representes constant profile slope in time, promptly initial eating speed; And the food intake of c when representing that meals begin, guiding curve has identical character with the accumulation food intake that in the control meals, obtains thus.
2. device according to claim 1; Wherein the equation of each training curve is based on the feed style the by<reduction that-1 a characterizes; Or the equation of a type that characterizes by a of 0 >=a in the equation>-1; Normal thus initial eating speed constitutes 48g/ minute, and food intake is that 320-360 gram and normal meals persistent period are 12-15 minute normally, thereby the pseudo-code of eating speed is made up of following:
y=ax 2+bx+c
If food intake=y>720, so 600, otherwise y-70
Initial eating speed=b-(1/4 (b-48))
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3. device according to claim 1, wherein said weighing scale (32) and said first equipment (30) are integrated in the individual equipment.
4. device according to claim 1, wherein said weighing scale (32) have its weighing scale surface measurements that forms bowl or dish so that food is placed on it.
5. device according to claim 1, wherein said weighing scale (32) is that pocket is portable.
6. device according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined diagramatic curve (24) has been described nonlinear feed behavior, and said nonlinear feed behavior is found to help human feed behavior with simulation through scientific research.
7. device according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined diagramatic curve (10) have been described the linear speed of feed behavior.
8. device according to claim 1; Wherein the predetermined diagramatic curve (16) of satiety is displayed on the said screen, so that compare with the satiety grade of during preset interval, on said screen, being made by the people who uses said equipment (30,32) (14).
9. method that is suitable for medical treatment device; Said medical treatment device is made up of two equipment that are suitable for measuring eating speed (12) (30,32) at least; Said medical treatment device is used for instructing people to take food according to the predetermined diagram feed curve (10,24) that is presented on the screen; It is characterized in that said method comprises:
Said predetermined diagram feed curve (10,24) is stored in the memorizer of the equipment (30) with screen, and said first equipment (30) has at least a in the long-range near-field thermal radiation ability of communicating by letter with relevant second equipment (32) and the line ability;
Make weighing scale be suitable for communicating by letter with said first equipment (30) through said relevant second equipment (32), said relevant second equipment (32) has at least a in the long-range near-field thermal radiation communication capacity that is suitable for said first equipment (30) and the line communication capacity;
During the time span of measuring; Weigh on the said weighing scale (32) food and when the people of feed food when said weighing scale takes off food; Through said communication capacity the weight of food is sent to said first equipment (30); And through being present in the software tool in said memorizer in said first equipment (30), when when said weighing scale takes off said food, the amount of the food that takes off during said software tool section memory time; The weight of the food that takes off is presented on the said screen with measurement point, to constitute the real-time diagram feed curve (12) that will compare with said predetermined feed curve (10,24); And also comprise:
Come to calculate automatically the equation of predetermined feed curve (10,24) through the instrument in the said memorizer; This calculating is based on through guiding curve; Be the data that the accumulation food intake of training curve from the control meals obtained then, accumulate food intake thus and fitted to quadratic equation y=ax 2+ bx+c; Wherein parameter y representes food intake; A representes the slope of curve over time, and b representes constant profile slope in time, promptly initial eating speed; And the food intake of c when representing that meals begin, guiding curve has identical character with the accumulation food intake that in the control meals, obtains thus.
10. method according to claim 9; Wherein the equation of each training curve is based on the feed style the by<reduction that-1 a characterizes; Or the equation of a type that characterizes by a of 0 >=a in the equation>-1; Normal thus initial eating speed constitutes 48g/ minute, and food intake is that 320-360 gram and normal meals persistent period are 12-15 minute normally, thereby the pseudo-code of eating speed is made up of following:
y=ax 2+bx+c
If food intake=y>720, so 600, otherwise y-70
Initial eating speed=b-(1/4 (b-48))
11. method according to claim 9, wherein said weighing scale (32) and said first equipment (30) are integrated in the individual equipment.
12. method according to claim 9, wherein said weighing scale (32) have its weighing scale surface measurements that forms bowl or dish so that food is placed on it.
13. method according to claim 9, wherein said weighing scale (32) is that pocket is portable.
14. method according to claim 9, wherein said predetermined diagramatic curve (24) has been described nonlinear feed behavior, and said nonlinear feed behavior is found to help human feed behavior with simulation through scientific research.
15. method according to claim 9, wherein said predetermined diagramatic curve (10) have been described the linear speed of feed behavior.
16. method according to claim 9; Wherein the predetermined diagramatic curve (16) of satiety is displayed on the said screen, so that compare with the satiety grade of being made on said screen at preset interval by the people who uses said equipment (30,32) (14).
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